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    Design Mentor GPT (by Salu) 

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    NEPPI is a 5 ECTS course where students from any background familiarise themselves with hands-on innovating of connected products. The course is part of the IDBM curriculum, and is targeted for students seeking to become design leaders in their field. This kind of position demands competences in the innovating process as well as a design-oriented mind-set, which promotes learning-by-creating. The course is located inside a technical school, i.e. the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering (ELEC), and forms the technological core of the IDBM curriculum. 

    Innovation in any context requires the innovators to have at least basic understanding of the capabilities of the technology that they are working with. In the NEPPI course, the context is networked product innovation, whereby, the course covers the foundational building blocks of this very complex realm. The course is intended to serve the basics of networked products technology for students that may not have any technical background. However, the course offers a lot of learning potential even for a seasoned professional, as the context, process, and tools may not be the most conventional ones.

    The approach

    Learning-by-creating – NEPPI is organised as a set of two projects, where students iteratively express their design intent through cycles of researching, ideating, making, and getting feedback. The first two weeks are dedicated to the building of complex IoT machine on the basis of requirements, components, and materials assigned to the teams. The rest of the course manifests itself as a user-centred innovation project, which results in a design concept that will be shown in an exhibition (NEPPI EXPO).

    Sharpening dialogue – NEPPI focusses on the translation of ambiguous user needs into clearly, concisely, and unambiguously presented key requirements for an IoT application. This is achieved through repeated negotiations with engineers in the midst of the engagements with other stakeholders in the innovating process. 

    Domain-specific knowing – NEPPI introduces students to the realm of IoT applications with a wide and timely perspective. It covers IoT hardware, cloud services, apps, interfaces, algorithms, prototyping tools, and more. The intent is to establish a solid foundation of the key concepts related to IoT innovation.


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    Schedule
    WeekMondayWednesdayFriday
    01






    		23.10. 09-12 Design Factory / Stage

    Lecture: Introduction [slides][video]
    Lecture What is IoT [slides][video]


    25.10. 09-16 Design Factory / Stage
    Hands on Exercises with Components
    Teaming up (Round I)

    [HexMachine Miro] pdw: neppi23

    27.10. 09-16 Design Factory / Workshops
    Hands on IoT Challenge I
    Assembly at 13-14



    02








    30.10. 09-12 Design Factory / Stage
    Lecture: The Virtual Side of IoT [slides][video]






    1.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Stage
    The Second IoT Challenge






    3.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Workshops
    Hands on IoT Challenge II
    Show at 13-14

    Zoom link to HexMachine run

    https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69000151554


    03






    6.11. 09-12 Design Factory / Stage
    HexMachine reflection
    Project briefing [slides][video]




    8.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Stage
    Hands on familiarisation with the technical components for the project





    10.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Workshops
    Project work: Idea
    09-11 Idea generation
    12-16 Dialogical Learning Sprint



    04








    13.11. 09-12 Design Factory / Stage
    The Thing (electronics and reference designs)
    [slides][video]





    15.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Stage
    Project work: Sharpening the Requirements
    [Slides]






    17.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Workshops
    Communicating the Requirements to an Engineer






    05






    20.11. 09-12 Design Factory / Stage
    Preparing for the Oral Exams

    [slides][video]


    22.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Stage 
    Project work: Building and testing




    24.12. 09-16 Design Factory / Workshops
    Project work: Building and testing




    06






    		28.11. 09-12 Design Factory / Stage
    Lecture
    [slides][video]




    30.11. 09-16 Design Factory / Studio
    Preparation for NEXPO




    2.12. 12-18 NEXPO
    12:00-14:00 Setting up
    14:00-16:00 The NEXPO show
    16:00-17:00 Dismantling and debrief


    07

    		Exam 6.-8.12. (15 mins / student online)
    & Finalising the Concept Document

    If you need to miss full days, then a compensatory essay will be required. Instructions and submission box in the Assigments section.

    Teaching staff:
    Salu Ylirisku, responsible teacher
    TAs: Harvey Lim, Pekka Parkkonen, Emil Fihlman, Aleksi Zubkovski